A proposed model for construction project management communication in the South African construction industry

Abstract

Ineffective communication and the poor applica tion of communication skills in construction project management lead to project outcomes that do not meet project objectives. AbstrakOneffektiewe kommunikasie en die swak toepassing van kommunikasie vaardighede in konstruksieprojekbestuur lei tot uitkomste wat nie aan die doelwitte van 'n projek voldoen nie. Die gebrek aan 'n behoorlike kommunikasie vaardigheidsmodel vir projekbestuur kan ook bydra tot oneffektiewe projek bestuurs kommunikasie. Hierdie artikel doen verslag oor die resultate van 'n studie wat gedoen is om die belangrikste projekbestuurkommunikasievaardighede en toepassings van kommunikasie waaroor effektiewe projekbestuurders moet beskik, te identifiseer. 'n Literatuuroorsig oor projekbestuurkommunikasie; projek kommunikasievaardighede; toepassings van projekkommunikasie en projekbestuursfunksies en leierskap in projekbestuur is gedoen om 'n kwantitatiewe vraelys te kon opstel vir die meting van die belangrikheid van projekbestuurkommunikasievaardighede en toepassing van kommunikasie soos waargeneem deur 97 konstruksieverwante professionele persone. Hierdie professionele persone is werksaam in konstruksie projekbestuur, argitektuur, konstruksiebestuur, ingenieurswese en bourekenkunde. Gebaseer op die bevindinge van die studie is die kommunikasievaardighede en toepassings van kommunikasie wat verwag word van projekbestuurders ingedeel in die volgende groepe: kern (besluitneming, probleemoplossing, luister, mondelinge vaardighede, motivering, oorreding, vergaderings, geskrewe vaar dig hede, aanbiedings, spanbou en ontwikkeling, konflikbestuur); belangrike (onderhandeling, vertroue, verduideliking, vrae, versterking, reflektering

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